Wednesday was the big day for Microsoft - the largest overhaul of its operating system since Windows 95 (heck, I'd argue the overhaul is far larger than Windows 95) went into consumer preview. I've been running it on my Asus ZenBook since its release, and in all honesty, it's not as arduous as I expected. I'm not planning on doing a full review, but I do want to mention a number of things - both positive and negative - that stood out to me.

I pretty much am without metro apps but have sorted apps that are important to me in app groupings like Music (creation), Graphic Deisgn/Printing, Recreation. etc.

Much easier to launch from and quite quick.

Networking with wireless seems a big improvement too but can hang the app you are saving info to and from over a network store until data has been transfered. That aside, it is a more polished Windows 7